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Q J. H. LANEY.

FARM GATE.

Patented Apr. 14', 1885.

WITNESSES NITED STATES Parana @rrrcn.

JOHN H. LANEY, OF INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,798, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed July I, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. LANEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indiana,

in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is'a front elevation of this device. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the main part of the gate separated from the swinging upright. Fig. 3 is ascctional view on line 00 w of Fig. 1.

This invention belongs more especially to that class of gates styled swinging, but is applicable to almost any farm-gate.

Its novelty consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be now more fully and in detail set out and explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes what may be called the gate proper, or the main portion of the gate; and B and C, respectively, its front and rear uprights. This main part of the gate is connected to and secured upon its swinging upright D by means of the threaded bolt or rod E, which passes between the double pieces a, c and d d, of which the uprights O and D are made, said rod being provided with nuts.

By means of any usualhinges, as G, the upright D is attached to the fence or other post F, and thus the gate can have the usual swin ing motion.

The gate may be of any ordinary construction other than in the detail above stated, and in that on removing the bolt or rod Ethe main portion A is detachable from the upright D, and may have, on loosening the nuts on said bolts, vertical motion up and down said upright D, guided by means of the bolt E and the short and projecting fixed lower rail, a. At

the lower end of the post or upright C, and in line with the lower rail, a, is a block, a", which comes against the adjacent side of the upright D. In this construction the rail to and block a} adord very considerable help in staying and bracing all the parts when they are secured together.

The short sliding upper rail or 'degree as pivots during this operation. front part of the gate can be lowered in bi bar, a", at its rear passing between the double 50 pieces of the uprights G D, serves to steady the gate when said bar is slid between the pieces of upright D. The sliding rail a, which is movable between the double pieces I) b of the front upright B and into the post II at the front end, serves as a catch or latch to hold the gate shut.

In swinging gates particular] y, and in a gen eral way in most gates, there is a tendency after some use for the forward part to sag and take the ground, and thus become hard to open and shut; besides this, rough work causes its speedy destruction.

In the construction now shown an easy and cheap way is disclosed by which the front portion of the gate can be always kept substantially on a level with the other parts. This is accomplished by means of the threaded bolt E, which is headed on the outer end, e, and passes between the vertical parts of the uprights D and C. It can be securely fixed to the upright D by the nut e, and to the upright G by nuts 6* c. All these nuts may have washers. \Vhcn now it is desired to raise the upright 13, it is only necessary to move the upper rear slide, a, forward, loosen the nuts, and then vertically lift the front post or upright to the desired level, when the nuts will be screwed firm, the slide a moved back, and the tendency of the gate to sag will be rectified. The lower bar, a, and bottom rail, or, act in a Tie manner, if desired; also, the gate part A be fixed in position somewhat higher abo the ground than is now shown. This is done by raising it bodily up and fixing it in pos tion by the means above described. The r. per rear slide, a, may be between the next; of rails, if desired, and the bolt E, with nuts, 8m, may be between the next upper of rails, in any position so long as their func tions are preserved.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a gate, the headed bolt or rod E, provided with nuts 6, c and c and combined with the uprights O B, swinging upright D, 4:. In a gate, the combination of the upright slide-bar a, and fixed bar a, substantially as O, slide-rail a fixed guide-rail a, and block described. a with the swinging upright D and the bolt 2. The Vertically-adjustable gate, its posts E, provided with clamp-nuts, all as described. 15 5 F H, the swinging upright D, slide-bars a a In testimony whereof I affix my signature and the bolt E, with its clamp-nuts, all c0ml in presence of two witnesses. bined substantially as described.

3. In agate, the combination of the upright JOHN LANEY' O, the fixed and projecting guide-rail a, and Witnesses: IO slide-rail or with' the bolt E and its clamp- J. J. FIscUs,

nuts, and the swinging upright D, as described. 1?. D. FIsoUs. 

